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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Japanese National Honor Society holds induction ceremony during long lunch

by Kaitlin Hsu, Assistant Sports Editor April 30, 2015

Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) welcomed nine new members yesterday during long lunch in Room 30 of the Dance Building. New members included Jerry Chen (9), Elizabeth Schick (9), Gary Tsai (9),...

Honor council officers Sahana Rengarajan (12) and Kevina Xiao (11) hold elections for next years ASB council. Voting occurred using an instant runoff voting system (IRV) on April 9 during lunch in the journalism room.

Students elect ASB council

by Trisha Dwivedi and Vineet Kosaraju April 30, 2015

After a brief session of candidates’ campaigning and giving speeches on April 7, voting for the upcoming school year’s Associated Student Body (ASB) Council took place during lunch on April 9 in the...

A plot before Shah has already been cleared in preparation for the extensions construction.

Class of 2015 extends Shah patio for future seniors

by Alex Wang and Derek Yen April 30, 2015

The senior class will finance an extension to the Shah patio as its parting gift, creating a substitute for the repurposed Sledge. The extension will expand the area for recreational activity and allow...

“Revolution”: HELM to release newest issue of magazine in April

by Vijay Bharadwaj and Adrian Chu April 30, 2015

Upper School literary and artistic talent will be on display in Harker Eclectic Literary Magazine’s (HELM) 2015 issue themed “Revolution”. HELM is an annual student-run publication that features...

Quarterly publishing statistical data of Honor Code violations will help the community

Honor Council releases results for second survey

by Kaitlin Hsu and Meena Gudapati April 30, 2015

Honor Council released the complete results for its second survey today, which examined the causes and characteristics of cheating in the Upper School. The survey was sent out on March 10, and 450 participants...

Green and White Day added to Spirit Week

by Tara Parimi, Copy Editor April 29, 2015

Green and White Day, a new tradition in which students can dress in school colors in addition to wearing their class T-shirts, has been announced for Friday of Spirit Week. In an email sent out by the...

This graphic shows the amount of students signed up for various courses for summer.

Students polish their skills in preparation for the upcoming school year

by Adrian Chu and Jackie Gao April 29, 2015

Signups are now open for Harker’s summer courses. Nine courses are offered for credits, such as chemistry, biology, and programming, and additional 39 courses are available for students to choose based...

Students try new dress code

by Raveena Kapatkar and Elisabeth Siegel April 29, 2015

The Upper School Dress Code Committee (DCC) recently announced an updated version of the dress code, which includes the allowance of T-shirts without logos, skirts and dresses that meet “fingertip”...

Manthra Panchapakesan (12) receives an award at ICDC 2014. This year, 28 Upper School students traveled to ICDC 2015 in Orlando, Florida.

Upper School students to travel to Orlando for international business conference

by Praveen Batra and Tara Parimi April 29, 2015

Twenty-eight members of the Upper School's DECA chapter will travel to Orlando, Florida to compete in the annual International Career Development Conference (ICDC) from April 25-28. “ICDC is the culminating...

Teachers Nicholas Manjoine and Dr. Katherine Schafer join students in folding cranes for nurse Clare Elchert. Students and faculty alike worked together for a week to fold cranes outside Manzanita.

Cranes for Nurse Elchert

by Kshithija Mulam, Winged Post Photo Editor April 29, 2015

Students and faculty joined together to fold cranes for nurse Clare Elchert, who is on medical leave receiving treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma through the summer. “For one, I think it’s a beautiful...

Aaron Huang (12), Ashwath Thirumalai (12), Steven Wang (12) and Leo Yu (12) advanced to the NEC semifinal round, where they will compete with teams from all other US states and a team from Southern California.

Upper School seniors compete in the National Economics Challenge national semifinals

by Aditya Varshney and Derek Yen April 29, 2015

A team of four seniors represented Northern California in the national semifinal competition of the National Economics Challenge (NEC) on April 14, taking a test to qualify for the final round of the competition. The...

Eesha Chona (11), David Jin (11), Abhinav Ketineni (11) and Jasmine Liu (11) prepare for the Public Forum TOC by holding a practice debate outside Manzanita.

Debaters prepare for Tournament of Champions at the University of Kentucky

by Aditya Varshney and Ashley Jiang April 29, 2015

Nineteen members of Upper School Speech and Debate have been chosen to participate in the Tournament of Champions (TOC) on April 25 at the University of Kentucky. A national invitational, the TOC is...

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